21-413: Blathwayt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Emily Blathwayt (1852–1940), British suffragette Mary Blathwayt (1879–1961), British feminist, suffragette and social reformer, daughter of Emily William Blathwayt (1649–1717), English diplomat, public official and politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
42-498: A housing estate. Other trees have been planted along with replacements for lost memorials. An art work was created to note the impact of Eagle House and of Annie Kenney (hosted by Emily Blathwayt) created by artist Jeni Wood in 2016. Vera Wentworth Vera Wentworth (born Jessie Alice Spink ; 1890 – 1957) was a British suffragette , who notably door-stepped and then assaulted the Prime Minister on two occasions. She
63-633: A meeting on Boston Common at 12.30 pm. On 4 August 1914 the First World War began. The WSPU did a deal with government and they agreed to end all protests in return for having all of their prisoners released. Wentworth respected this line and ceased work with the WSPU. From 1914 to 1918 she joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) as a nurse (a common occupation for suffragettes during this time) then became an administrator in
84-484: A secret spin-off group called the Young Hot Bloods, which pledged to undertake "danger duty" in the name of women’s suffrage. Of the older suffragettes, only Emmeline Pankhurst was permitted to sit in on their meetings at a tea shop on London’s Strand. Elder suffragist Emily Blathwayt found Wentworth so charming but wayward that she affectionately referred to her as "the young hooligan we know". In June she
105-475: A uniquely private view of the suffragette movement from Emily's family perspective gives us an insight which adds depth to that usually in the public domain or the press of the time. Emily Blathwayt lived at Eagle House until her death in 1940. The archive of Emily's and Mary's personal diaries and the many photographs by Linley remain as an intimate record of the movement and its supporters. The trees that were planted at Eagle House were removed to make way for
126-681: A university when she started at St Andrews University in 1912 and she was there until 1914. On 6 August 1913 she, with Elisabeth Freeman and Elsie McKenzie were in America to support 'Colonel' Ida Craft of the Yankee Corps on a suffrage hike from New York to Boston, via Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, Milford, New Haven, Wallingford, Meriden, New Britain, Hartford, Marlboro, Waltham to Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts arriving on 30 August. Finally, on Labor Day, 1 September 1913, they departed at 11 am with other suffragists, to hold
147-516: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Emily Blathwayt Emily Marion Blathwayt (née Rose ; 1852 – 1940) was a British suffragette and mother of Mary Blathwayt . She and her husband, Linley, a retired Colonel from the Indian Army lived at Eagle House in Somerset and established a welcome and garden summerhouse for women in the movement, that became known as
168-511: The Women's Social and Political Union . She was quickly arrested demonstrating outside the House of Commons . Her sentence was six weeks in prison; an extra day was added to Wentworth's sentence after she carved "Votes for Women" into her cell wall. Upon release, Wentworth and others were met by Mary Blathwayt , beginning a lon friendship between the two women. Following her release, Wentworth joined
189-415: The surname Blathwayt . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blathwayt&oldid=1221104527 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
210-601: The "Suffragette's Rest". Emily Marion Blathwayt was born in about 1852. Her father was John Benson Coles Rose. She married her first cousin, Colonel Linley Blathwayt in 1874 and they lived in India. Linley was an army officer and their first child John Linley was born in 1876. They returned to live in Sussex in 1877 after John died. They moved from there to Eagle House, Batheaston , on the outskirts of Bath in 1892 with their son William and daughter Mary. They had two children,
231-613: The Home Secretary Herbert Gladstone during a golf match. Elsie Howey and Wentworth then tried to contact Asquith at his church. They were protesting the imprisonment of Patricia Woodlock and others whilst the Prime Minister was enjoying a holiday, and decorated his private garden bushes with leaflets and cards. These direct actions proved too much for the Blathwayt family. Emily resigned from
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#1732779564961252-416: The WSPU and Linley wrote letters of protest to Christabel Pankhurst , Elsie Howey and Wentworth. Pankhurst was told that Howey and Wentworth could not visit their house again. Wentworth sent them a long reply expressing regret at their reaction but noting that "if Mr. Asquith will not receive deputation they will pummel him again". During this period her brother, an eighteen-year-old journalist who had been
273-516: The WSPU, and her husband Linley writing to them both to object to this approach and also complaining to Christabel Pankhurst at the violence arising in the movement. Despite their real concerns about the physical damage to property and the risk to hurting innocent people, the Blathwayts continued to support their daughter's activism and to welcome suffragette visitors and support the eventual achievement of votes for women. Personal activities and
294-532: The elder daughter Mary attended Bath High School and then was supported at home as she became an active member of the suffragette movement and the younger, son William, was an electrical engineer and English teacher in Germany until the start of the First World War . Both Emily and Mary became affiliated to the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). Through a network of connections, people from
315-458: The hunger strike as the 14 have done. The crowds were with them outside Lord Carrington's meeting and all resisted police and two working men were arrested. The women would not pay the fine." Later in the campaign, other actions by Vera Wentworth and Elsie Howey (who had stayed with the Blathwayts) were considered violent towards the Prime Minister, leading to Emily herself resigning from
336-512: The leader of an unsuccessful unofficial strike of women workers in the East End of London, introduced her to Fenner Brockway , who called 'Wilfie Spink' his 'explosive friend' and stated that she became his girlfriend. However, as the WSPU increased in the use of more violent action he distanced himself from them (he was a pacifist) and all personal acquaintances appear to have died by around 1910. Wentworth achieved her ambition of attending
357-423: The purpose built summer-house Emily's husband, Linley, created at Eagle House (suffragette's rest) . Emily would take people on tours of the gardens and planted and showed flowers in the suffragette colours. Emily Blathwayt recorded in her diary which is in the public archives: "Elsie Howey, Vera Wentworth and Mary Phillips were arrested at Exeter and imprisoned for a week and it is said they are going through
378-629: The suffragette movement were invited to stay with Emily and her family to recover from a prison sentence or hunger strike and whilst there to plant a tree in the Eagle House garden to mark their suffering for this cause. Annie Kenney met Mary Blathwayt at a WPSU meeting in Bath and came to stay with the family, along with several other suffragettes who joined them for short periods over a number of years. The memorial trees planted (over 40 trees) became known as 'Annie's Arbour'. Suffragettes recuperated in
399-864: Was arrested again for demonstrating outside the House of Commons. This time she was given a three month sentence, after which she published "Should Christian Women Demand the Vote" and "Three Months in Holloway". Wentworth was a writer with an ambition to attend university, and member of the Women Writer's Suffrage League. Wentworth was then based in Bristol with other suffragettes including Annie Kenney , Violet Bland , and Elsie Howey . She gained another three month prison sentence when she and Howey were arrested for demonstrating outside H. H. Asquith 's house. Vera
420-519: Was incarcerated for the cause and was force fed, after which she wrote "Three Months in Holloway" Wentworth was born in 1890, to Harry Laing Spink and his wife, Rachel Amanda (née Goode). She had one sibling, brother William Wilfrid Spink. After leaving school she found work in a shop going on to become an active trade unionist . In 1907, she formally changed her name to Vera Wentworth, and began living with Caprina Fahey in London. In 1908 she joined
441-434: Was invited to Mary Blathwayt's home at Batheaston , where the leading suffragettes met. Significant visitors were asked to plant a tree to record their achievements on behalf of the cause. Wentworth was given a Hunger Strike Medal 'for Valour' by WSPU. Wentworth and Jessie Kenney were jailed for assaulting the Prime Minister. On 5 September 1909 Wentworth, Kenney and Elsie Howey assaulted Prime Minister H. H. Asquith and
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